Book of Jeremiah
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The Book of Jeremiah is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible that records the messages, warnings, and laments of the prophet Jeremiah concerning Judah’s impending judgment and eventual restoration.
Observed surface forms (6)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 4 |
| BookOfJeremiah | 3 |
| Jeremiah 1 (call of Jeremiah) | 1 |
| Jeremiah 24 | 1 |
| Jeremiah 31 (new covenant) | 1 |
| Jeremiah 7 (Temple sermon) | 1 |
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old Testament book
ⓘ
book of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ prophetic book ⓘ |
| addresses |
Jerusalem
ⓘ
Judea ⓘ
surface form:
kingdom of Judah
surrounding nations ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Baruch
ⓘ
surface form:
Baruch ben Neriah
Jeremiah ⓘ
surface form:
prophet Jeremiah
|
| attributedTo | Jeremiah ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | part of Nevi'im ⓘ |
| centralFigure | Jeremiah ⓘ |
| contains |
biographical narratives
ⓘ
confessions of Jeremiah ⓘ laments ⓘ oracles of judgment ⓘ oracles of salvation ⓘ prophecies against the nations ⓘ |
| containsMetaphor |
marriage metaphor for covenant
ⓘ
potter and clay ⓘ shepherds of Israel ⓘ |
| containsSymbolicAction |
purchase of a field in Anathoth
ⓘ
wearing a yoke ⓘ |
| genre |
poetry
ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ prose narrative ⓘ |
| hasLongerVersion |
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
ⓘ
surface form:
Masoretic Jeremiah
|
| hasShorterVersion |
Septuagint
ⓘ
surface form:
Septuagint Jeremiah
|
| historicalContext |
early 6th century BCE
ⓘ
late 7th century BCE ⓘ |
| inChristianCanonOrder |
after Book of Isaiah
ⓘ
before Book of Lamentations ⓘ |
| influenced |
Lamentations
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Lamentations
Christian doctrine of the new covenant ⓘ Jewish theology of exile and restoration ⓘ |
| keyPassage |
Book of Jeremiah
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Jeremiah 1 (call of Jeremiah)
Book of Jeremiah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Jeremiah 31 (new covenant)
Book of Jeremiah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Jeremiah 7 (Temple sermon)
|
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| liturgicalUse |
quoted in Christian lectionaries
ⓘ
read in Jewish synagogue lectionary ⓘ |
| mentions |
Baruch
ⓘ
surface form:
Baruch ben Neriah
|
| mentionsEvent |
destruction of the First Temple
ⓘ
Babylonian exile ⓘ
surface form:
first Babylonian deportation
reign of Jehoiakim ⓘ reign of Josiah ⓘ reign of Zedekiah ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bible
ⓘ
surface form:
Christian Old Testament
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| positionInLatterProphets | second ⓘ |
| quotedIn |
Letter to the Hebrews
ⓘ
surface form:
Epistle to the Hebrews
New Testament ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| sectionOfTanakh |
Neviim
ⓘ
surface form:
Nevi'im
|
| subsectionOfTanakh |
Prophets
ⓘ
surface form:
Latter Prophets
|
| textualTradition |
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
ⓘ
surface form:
Masoretic Text
Septuagint ⓘ |
| theme |
Babylonian exile
ⓘ
call to repentance ⓘ covenant unfaithfulness ⓘ destruction of Jerusalem ⓘ false prophets ⓘ future restoration ⓘ idolatry ⓘ judgment on Judah ⓘ new covenant ⓘ social injustice ⓘ suffering of the prophet ⓘ |
Referenced by (41)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
BookOfJeremiah
this entity surface form:
Jeremiah
this entity surface form:
Jeremiah
this entity surface form:
Jeremiah
this entity surface form:
Jeremiah 1 (call of Jeremiah)
this entity surface form:
Jeremiah 7 (Temple sermon)
this entity surface form:
Jeremiah 31 (new covenant)
subject surface form:
Zedekiah
this entity surface form:
BookOfJeremiah